Flight crew failed to notice that the forward cargo open light was on prior to pushback resulting in ground crew running past an engine to shut door during the starting of that engine.

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Attributes
ACN	394265
Time
Date	199802
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pbi
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	394265
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	394030
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Started pushback with forward cargo door open. Read checklist without paying attention. When we noticed the door light I notified ground crew who moved instantly to close door. We were starting right engine. I didn't think quickly enough to abort start, which meant that ground crew was in 'zone of death.' minor oversight could have become a tragedy.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC FAILED TO NOTICE THAT THE FORWARD CARGO OPEN LIGHT WAS ON PRIOR TO PUSHBACK RESULTING IN GND CREW RUNNING PAST AN ENG TO SHUT DOOR DURING THE STARTING OF THAT ENG.

Narrative: STARTED PUSHBACK WITH FORWARD CARGO DOOR OPEN. READ CHKLIST WITHOUT PAYING ATTN. WHEN WE NOTICED THE DOOR LIGHT I NOTIFIED GND CREW WHO MOVED INSTANTLY TO CLOSE DOOR. WE WERE STARTING R ENG. I DIDN'T THINK QUICKLY ENOUGH TO ABORT START, WHICH MEANT THAT GND CREW WAS IN 'ZONE OF DEATH.' MINOR OVERSIGHT COULD HAVE BECOME A TRAGEDY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.